Miracles on the Border

9780816514717

ISBN:

0816514712

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Summary: This vivid study, richly illustrated with forty color photographs, offers a multilayered analysis of retablos--folk images painted on tin that are offered as votives of thanks for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed--created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Durand and Massey analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrant...'s unique experience. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme--the drama of transnational migration.

Durand, Jorge is the author of Miracles on the Border, published under ISBN 9780816514717 and 0816514712. Five Miracles on the Border textbooks are available for sale on ValoreBooks.com, one used from the cheapest price of $100.97, or buy new starting at $162.35.[read more]